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3/30/2004 ptevis: Using Author Stance for good instead of evil
Metagaming: It's that dreaded topic in RPGs where the rulebook warns you "be sure to keep player and character knowledge separate." This is quite clearly a prohibition against anything except…
In GNS Model Discussion
Participants: ptevis, Alan, clehrich, timfire, coxcomb, John Kim, RDU Neil, Ron Edwards, Gaerik, M. J. Young.

4/14/2004 ptevis: [Unknown Armies] Am I driving with Bangs?
So recalling that Bangs are Introducing events into the game which make a thematically-significant or at least evocative choice necessary for a player, I'm wondering whether or not I've…
In Actual Play
Participants: ptevis, Ron Edwards, DannyK, Lisa Padol, TonyLB.

2/16/2005 ptevis: Is this Forcing?
Last night was the end of my group's Nobilis game, and while it ended the way I wanted, I'm not entirely sure if I'm happy with how it got there.…
In Actual Play
Participants: ptevis, Ron Edwards, Noon, Marco, Wolfen, Paul Czege, Ian Charvill, ADGBoss, Bankuei, Madeline.

6/28/2005 ptevis: [DitV] Why did it work?
I ran Dogs in the Vineyard for first time yesterday, and the unanimous decision was that it rocked on toast. I'm trying to figure out why. Players We had six…
In Actual Play
Participants: ptevis, sirogit, lumpley.

11/29/2005 ptevis: [Polaris] City of Ice and Starlight, Session 5
(Protagonists: Sirius, leader of the Knights; Matar, minstrel turned Knight; Lesath, hot-headed Knight haunted by his father's demon murderer; and Grumian, freakishly large Knight seeking just to be left alone.)…
In Actual Play
Participants: ptevis, Bret Gillan, Ben Lehman.

12/14/2005 ptevis: [Southern California] Indie Games @ OrcCon, Feb 17-20
One of the things that's been bugging me for a while (especially since talking with Luke at GenCon SoCal) is the absence of indie games from conventions around here. Of…
In Conventions
Participants: ptevis, Joshua BishopRoby, jburneko, abzu, Ben Lehman.

1/19/2006 ptevis: [KueiCon] General Mud
I brought General Mud with me to KueiCon because I really wanted to give it a try, and there turned out to be quite a bit of interest in it.…
In Actual Play
Participants: ptevis.

4/27/2006 ptevis: Gamex 2006, May 26-29, Los Angeles area
Joshua BishopRoby, Jesse Burneko, and myself will be running games at Gamex 2006, the Memorial Day Weekend version of Strategicon. Is anyone in the the Los Angeles area playing Nine…
In Conventions
Participants: ptevis, Joshua BishopRoby.

5/7/2008 ptevis: [IaWA] Two-on-one conflicts and making people answer
Two cases came up last night that we weren't sure how to handle. First: Ted and Christina decide to team up on me. We roll dice, and the order is…
In lumpley games
Participants: ptevis, lumpley.

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